ARCHOS Jukebox Multimedia 20

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Was just curious if anyone has any thoughts on this appliance?  Fresh Gear gave it a good review ( 3 of 5 stars) and it was a CES 2003 Best of Portable Video amp; Best of the Show.

Specifications
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Capacity: 20GB Hard Disk  
Interface: USB 2.0. Optional interface : FireWire (PC amp; Mac)  
Video playback: MPEG-4 SP with MP3 stereo sound, near-DVD quality. Resolution CIF-352X288 @ 30f/s. AVI file format, reads XviD and DivX™ 4.0 amp; 5.0  
Music playback: Stereo MP3 decoding @ 30-320 Kbits/s. CBR amp; VBR  
Music recording: Stereo MP3 encoding @ 30-160 Kbits/s. VBR  
Photo viewer: JPEG or BMP of any size  
Display: TV output or built-in color LCD (237x234)  
AV Connections: Stereo analog amp; digital Line In. Composite Video/ Earphone/ Line Out jack. Built-in microphone.  
Playback autonomy: Up to 7 hours (MP3)  
Scalability: Downloadable firmware updates from  
Power Source: Internal: Rechargeable Li-Ion Batteries. External: AC charger / adapter.  
Dimensions amp; Weight:  110 x 79 x 29 mm (4.3quot; x 3.1quot; x 1.1quot;). 290g (10.23 oz)  
System Requirements:   PC: Pentium II 266 MHz. Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP,  64 MB RAM.Mac: 9.x or X iMac, G3 or higher.
Package Includes: Jukebox Multimedia 20, USB cable, AC adapter, Li-Ion batteries (already installed), stereo headphones, AV cinch cable (SCART adapter for Europe), carrying pouch. CD with MusicMatch™, drivers and 5-language manual.

i see a lot of people of viewed this but no replies yet.  does that mean nobody has heard of it?

Heard of it but prefer the looks of the new Creative Zen 20GB plus Creative have been around a bit longer than Archos.

products/jukebox_zen/

well...i mentioned this appliance because of its ability to play Xvid and DivX videos.



whoa.  Yeah sorry, must have overlooked that. Damn - portable DivX player - sweet.  The Archos is £60 more at e-buyer but I think video playback makes that a justified price gap.

i decided to check it out.  got it at circuit city for $375 (with tax).  overall, i would give it a 3 out of 5.  the only marks i had against it were for the lcd size and for the tv out.  the lcd was only 237 x 234, but was viewable, and the tv out wasn't quite vhs quality.

I think near VHS quality aint too bad for saying you can store 20GB of video data on it and the device being so portable.

Hows the MP3 storage - the way the player organises them I mean - this seems to be the main thing people moan about with HDD based MP3 players. Does it use folders - what are their limitations? ID3 tags?

Hope you enjoy your new purchase!

it uses folders.  you can created or delete them.  you can create playlists.

But what about raw-data? can I take it with me and copy some image-files to it temporally? If so, it's not very expensive as a portable HD using USB

as far as i know...it will work like a hard drive.  you can copy any file to it.



Any of these play oggs? Wake me up when they do. My whole collection is in vorbis.